Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)

Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a provincial electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908. It is located in the east end of Ottawa.

Ottawa—Vanier

Ontario electoral district
Ottawa—Vanier in relation to other Ottawa electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lucille Collard Liberal
District created	1908
First contested	1908
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,687
Electors (2018)	94,298
Area (km²)	39
Pop. density (per km²)	2,658.6
Census division(s)	Carleton County (1908-1969) Ottawa-Carleton (1969-2001) Ottawa (2001-present)
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa Eastview (1967-1969) Vanier (1969-2001) Rockcliffe Park (1999-2001) Gloucester (1987-2001)

The riding was represented in the Legislative Assembly by Liberal Madeleine Meilleur from 2003 until her resignation in June 2016.

The riding, with a large Franco-Ontarian population in Vanier, Overbrook, Lower Town, and in adjoining neighbourhoods, has been one of the most solidly Liberal in the country in recent years, having elected Liberals both federally and provincially in every election since 1971.

A sizable minority of the riding is in the former city of Vanier, which was merged with Ottawa in 2000. Vanier has long been home to much of Ottawa's francophone population, but between 1992 and 2001, the size of this linguistic group has fallen by almost 50%. Since 2003, the population of the entire riding has fallen by almost 10% at a time when the rest of the nation's capital increased by approximately 5.2%. The riding now has the second oldest population in Ottawa.

In many ways the riding which used to be known as a French riding with an English face has become a largely English-speaking riding (65%) with a French face. The riding also contains the wealthiest part of Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park, which gives some support to the Progressive Conservatives, but also to the Liberals. The neighbourhoods with higher proportions of anglophone residents, including Sandy Hill and New Edinburgh also tend to vote Liberal, but with significant support for the Ontario New Democratic Party. The riding is characterized by below average voter turn-out and an annual loss of approximately 1% in voter support for the provincial Liberals since 1987 thereby reducing their support from approximately 74% to 50% (1987–2007).

Geography

In 2003, it was redefined as the part of the City of Ottawa east and north of a line running south along the Rideau Canal from the interprovincial boundary to Mann Avenue, northeast to Nicholas Street, southeast to Highway No. 417, and east to the abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway to the hydroelectric transmission line, north to Innes Road, northeast to Blair Road, northwest to Montreal Road, east and northeast to Regional Road No. 174, northeast to Green's Creek, north to the Ottawa River. It contains the neighbourhoods of Beacon Hill North, Cardinal Glen, Carson Grove, Carson Meadows, Castle Heights, Cyrville, Forbes, Lindenlea, Lower Town, Manor Park, New Edinburgh, Overbook, Pineview, Rockcliffe Park, Sandy Hill, Rothwell Heights, Vanier and Viscount Alexander Park.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[1][2]

• Ethnic Groups: 71.9% White, 9.5% Black, 3.5% Arab, 3.1% South Asian, 2.8% Aboriginal, 2.3% Chinese, 1.7% Latin American, 1.4% Filipino, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% West Asian
• Languages: 51.8% English, 30.6% French, 3.5% Arabic, 1.8% Spanish, 1.5% Chinese, 1.1% Creoles
• Religion: 65.9% Christian (44.6% Catholic, 4.7% Anglican, 3.3% United Church, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist, 9.7% Other Christian), 7.6% Muslim, 22.8% No religion.
• Average household income: $77,347
• Median household income: $57,035
• Average individual income: $45,200
• Median individual income: $32,421

History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1908 as "Ottawa East". The name was changed to "Ottawa—Vanier" in 1999.

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Ottawa East Riding created from Ottawa
12th	1908–1911		Donald McDougal	Liberal
13th	1911–1914		Napoléon Champagne	Conservative
14th	1914–1919		Joseph Pinard	Liberal
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926
	1926–1926			Independent-Liberal
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934		Louis Côté	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Paul Leduc	Liberal
20th	1937–1940
	1940–1943		Robert Laurier
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		Aurele Chartrand
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959		Jules Morin	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Horace Racine	Liberal
28th	1967–1971		Jules Morin	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975		Albert Roy	Liberal
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Bernard Grandmaître
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Ottawa—Vanier
37th	1999–2001		Claudette Boyer	Liberal
	2001–2003			Independent
38th	2003–2007		Madeleine Meilleur	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2016
	2016–2018		Nathalie Des Rosiers
42nd	2018–2019
	2020–Present		Lucille Collard

¹ In 1938, the title of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was changed from "Members of the Legislative Assembly" (MLAs) to "Members of Provincial Parliament" (MPPs).

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, February 27, 2020 Resignation of Nathalie Des Rosiers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucille Collard	10,404	52.22	+9.36
	New Democratic	Myriam Djilane	5,031	25.25	-4.42
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick Mayangi	2,329	11.69	-9.69
	Green	Benjamin Koczwarski	1,709	8.58	+4.50
	Independent	Julie Fiala	188	0.94
	Libertarian	Ken Lewis	129	0.65	-0.04
	None of the Above	Above Znoneofthe	95	0.48	-0.38
	Ontario Alliance	J. Justin O'Donnell	38	0.19
Total valid votes			19,923	99.45%
Total declined, rejected and unmarked ballots			110	0.55%
Turnout				19.89	-27.33
Eligible voters			100,190
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.89

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathalie Des Rosiers	20,555	42.86	−6.33
	New Democratic	Lyra Evans	14,232	29.68	+15.03
	Progressive Conservative	Fadi Nemr	10,252	21.38	−8.34
	Green	Sheilagh McLean	1,955	4.08	+0.82
	None of the Above	Keegan Bennett	413	0.86	+0.32
	Libertarian	Ken Lewis	332	0.69	+0.11
	Freedom	David McGruer	219	0.46	+0.29
Total valid votes			47,958	98.80
Total rejected ballots			581	1.20	+0.70
Turnout			48,539	51.47	+14.10
Eligible voters			94,298
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.68
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

Ontario provincial by-election, November 17, 2016 Resignation of Madeleine Meilleur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathalie Des Rosiers	14,979	49.19	-6.37
	Progressive Conservative	André Marin	9,051	29.72	+7.43
	New Democratic	Claude Bisson	4,459	14.64	+1.33
	Green	Raphaël Morin	993	3.26	-4.75
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Elizabeth de Viel Castel	384	1.26
	Libertarian	Dean T. Harris	177	0.58	-0.26
	None of the Above	Above Znoneofthe	164	0.54
	Canadian Constituents'	Stephanie McEvoy	74	0.24
	People's Political Party	Kevin Clarke	73	0.24
	Freedom	David McGruer	52	0.17
	Pauper	John Turmel	48	0.16
Total valid votes			30,454	99.50
Total rejected ballots			153	0.50	-0.80
Turnout			30,607	37.36	-11.49
Eligible voters			81,902
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.90
Source(s) Elections Ontario[4]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	21,810	55.55	+4.04
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Forget	8,750	22.29	-1.16
	New Democratic	Hervé Ngamby	5,228	13.32	-6.29
	Green	Dave Bagler	3,144	8.01	+3.49
	Libertarian	Phillip Richard	329	0.84
Total valid votes			39,261	98.70
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			517	1.30	+0.88
Turnout			39,778	48.86	+2.05
Eligible voters			81,412
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.60
Source(s) "Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	19,619	51.51	+0.55	$ 52,761.46
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Sherman	8,929	23.44	+1.14	46,634.99
	New Democratic	Paul Étienne Laliberté-Tipple	7,466	19.60	+4.89	26,579.32
	Green	Dave Bagler	1,719	4.51	−5.93	28,290.65
	Family Coalition	Emmanuel Houle	352	0.92	−0.04	3,081.81
Total valid votes / Expense limit			38,085	99.58		$ 97,305.11
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			161	0.42	−0.24
Turnout			38,246	46.81	−4.69
Eligible voters			81,712
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.30
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( Excel Spreadsheet (71KB)). Elections Ontario. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	20,954	50.96	−1.16	$ 67,322.66
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Poulin	9,169	22.30	−3.87	46,691.00
	New Democratic	Ric Dagenais	6,049	14.71	−1.41	38,228.43
	Green	Leonard Poole	4,293	10.44	+4.86	10,062.52
	Family Coalition	Frank Cioppa	396	0.96		1,599.17
	Independent	Robert Larter	255	0.62		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,116	99.34		$ 86,807.16
Total rejected ballots			274	0.66
Turnout			41,390	51.49
Eligible voters			80,377
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.36
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Election 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

^ Change is from redistributed results.

2003 general election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	19,271	52.12
	Progressive Conservative	9,676	26.17
	New Democratic	5,962	16.13
	Green	2,063	5.58

2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Madeleine Meilleur	22,188	53.53	+0.50	$ 56,519.01
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Lamirande	10,878	26.24	−5.57	25,275.00
	New Democratic	Joseph Zebrowski	6,507	15.70	+5.19	21,295.58
	Green	Raphael Thierrin	1,876	4.53	+2.12	591.94
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,449	99.05	+4.62	$ 79,080.96
Total rejected ballots			399	0.95	−0.04
Turnout			41,848	50.80	+1.68
Eligible voters			82,376		+1.12
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.04
Source(s) "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. "General Election of October 2, 2003 – Statistical Summary". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "2003 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Claudette Boyer	21,009	53.03	−3.91	$ 29,251.18
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Lamirande	12,605	31.81	+10.64	26,664.80
	New Democratic	David Gagnon	4,163	10.51	−8.49	19,834.85
	Green	Richard Briggs	953	2.41	+1.09	0.00
	Natural Law	Pierrette Blondin	580	1.46	+0.43	0.00
	Independent	Kevin Corkill	310	0.78		49.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,620	99.01	+56.27	$ 78,205.44
Total rejected ballots			395	0.99	−0.30
Turnout			40,015	49.12	−4.09
Eligible voters			81,464		+68.76
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1999 Candidate and Constituency Associations – Candidate Campaign Return (CR-1)".

1995 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	14,436	56.94	−5.47	$ 19,824.52
	Progressive Conservative	Cynthia Bled	5,368	21.17	+12.77	28,483.15
	New Democratic	David Dyment	4,818	19.00	−4.27	17,425.03
	Green	Larry Tyldsley	335	1.32	−1.44	524.72
	Natural Law	Robert Mayer	261	1.03		0.00
	Independent	Steven White	136	0.54		0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,354	98.71		$ 45,818.00
Total rejected ballots			331	1.29	+0.07
Turnout			25,685	53.21	-2.02
Eligible voters			48,272
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.12
Source(s) "General Election of June 8 1995 – Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Retrieved May 31, 2014. "General Election of June 8 1995 – Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. "1995 Details of Candidate Income and Expenses" (3.16MB). & "1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses" ( Word'95 .doc files (146KB)).

1990 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	16,363	62.41	−11.85
	New Democratic	Lori Lucier	6,103	23.28	+7.07
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Morin	2,203	8.40	−1.13
	Family Coalition	Richard Hudon	826	3.15
	Green	Frank de Jong	723	2.76
Total valid votes			26,218	98.78
Total rejected ballots			324	1.22
Turnout			26,542	55.23
Eligible voters			48,055
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.46

1987 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	18,959	74.26	+5.86
	New Democratic	Alex Connelly	4,137	16.20	−2.40
	Progressive Conservative	Corinne Price	2,435	9.54	−1.03
Total valid votes			25,531	100.0	+19.60

1985 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	14,601	68.40	+0.03
	New Democratic	Kathryn Barnard	3,971	18.60	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Paul St. Georges	2,257	10.57	−6.48
	Independent	Serge Girard	518	2.43	+1.35
Total valid votes			21,347	100.0	+88.23

Ontario provincial by-election, December 13, 1984: Ottawa East Resignation of Albert J. Roy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Grandmaître	7,754	68.37	−0.85
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Boudreau	1,934	17.05	−3.58
	New Democratic	Jean Gilbert	1,531	13.50	+4.22
	Independent	Serge Girard	122	1.08	+0.21
Total valid votes			11,341	100.0	−44.74

1981 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	14,207	69.22	+1.78
	Progressive Conservative	Omar Deslauriers	4,235	20.63	+3.39
	New Democratic	Danielle Page	1,905	9.28	−6.04
	Independent	Serge Girard	177	0.86
Total valid votes			20,524	100.0	−12.75

1977 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	15,864	67.44	+6.48
	Progressive Conservative	Gisèle Lalonde	4,055	17.24	-3.22
	New Democratic	Robert Choquette	3,605	15.32	-3.26
Total valid votes			23,524	100.00

1975 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	14,900	60.96	+8.44
	Progressive Conservative	David Dehler	5,001	20.46	-7.19
	New Democratic	Robert Cournoyer	4,543	18.59	+1.17
Total valid votes			24,444	100.00

1971 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert J. Roy	10,827	52.52	+6.15
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Morin	5,700	27.65	-18.79
	New Democratic	Denis Deneau	3,590	17.41	+10.22
	Independent	Richard Morin	499	2.42
Total valid votes			20,616	100.00

1967 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Morin	8,155	46.44
	Liberal	Horace Racine	8,143	46.37
	New Democratic	Frederick R. Cote	1,263	7.19
Total valid votes			17,561	100.00

1933-1966

Ottawa Ward, By Ward, Rideau Ward, St. George's Ward, Riverdale Ward (east of Main Street), Victoria Ward (east of Parkdale Avenue)

1963 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Horace Racine	8,814	50.87
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Morin	7,461	44.06
	New Democratic	Harry Pope	857	5.06
Total valid votes			16,932	100.00

1959 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Morin	7,965	49.27
	Liberal	Paul Leduc	7,652	47.34
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald F. Prot	548	3.39
Total valid votes			16,165	100.00

1955 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Morin	8,688	51.32
	Liberal	Aurèle Chartrand	7,586	44.81
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henri Robert	654	3.86
Total valid votes			16,928	100.00

1951 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aurèle Chartrand	10,722	50.08
	Progressive Conservative	Henri St. Jacques	8,447	39.45
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henri Robert	2,242	10.47
Total valid votes			21,411	100.00

1948 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aurèle Chartrand	9,407	45.83
	Progressive Conservative	Lorenzo Lafleur	7,777	37.88
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henri Robert	2,857	13.93
	Union of Electors	Patrice Brunet	485	2.36
Total valid votes			20,528	100.00

1945 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aurèle Chartrand	10,725	42.36
	Liberal	A. Vincent	6,017	23.77
	Progressive Conservative	C. A. McDonald	5,287	20.88
	Co-operative Commonwealth	A. A. Marchand	2,234	8.82
	Independent	J. C. Beauchamp	464	1.83
	Independent	M. Feller	342	1.35
	Social Credit	A. Denomme	247	0.98
Total valid votes			25,316	100.00

1943 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Laurier	11,004	74.70
	Progressive Conservative	James A. Cornier	2,811	19.08
	Independent	Max Feller	916	6.22
Total valid votes			14,731	100.00

Ontario provincial by-election, 1940: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Laurier	10,193	91.43
	Social Credit	M. Alexandre Denomme	625	5.61
	Independent Liberal	Aldege Scott	331	2.97
Total valid votes			11,149	100.00

1937 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Leduc	16,920	79.65
	Conservative	M. Nelson J. Lacasse	3,786	17.82
	Social Credit	M. Alexandre Denomme	538	2.53
Total valid votes			21,244	100.00

1934 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Leduc	10,315	43.37
	Conservative	Eugene J. Labelle	7,275	30.59
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	6,116	25.71
	Independent Liberal	Aurelian Rose	79	0.33
Total valid votes			23,785	100.00

1908-1933

Ottawa Ward, By Ward, Rideau Ward, St. George's Ward

1929 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis Côté	7,813	57.72
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	5,724	42.28
Total valid votes			13,537	100.00

1926 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	5,195	43.86
	Conservative	Moses Doctor	4,777	40.33
	Independent Conservative	Eugene J. Labelle	1,872	15.81
Total valid votes			11,844	100.00

1923 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	4,635	59.35
	Liberal	J. Wilfred Gauvreau	3,175	40.65
Total valid votes			7,810	100.00

1919 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	7,309	63.57
	Labour	Videle Lafontaine	2,878	25.03
	Conservative	Olivier Durocher	1,311	11.40
Total valid votes			11,498	100.00

1914 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	2,842	53.74
	Conservative	Napoléon Champagne	1,978	37.41
	Independent Liberal	John G. Kilt	468	8.85
Total valid votes			5,288	100.00

1911 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Napoléon Champagne	2,842	64.46
	Liberal	Louis J. Kehoe	1,567	35.54
Total valid votes			4,409	100.00

1908 Ontario general election: Ottawa East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Donald Joseph McDougal	2,798	54.54
	Conservative	Napoléon Champagne	2,332	45.46
Total valid votes			5,130	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,562	61.12
	Mixed Member Proportional	15,624	38.88
Total		40,186

References

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4. "Internet Application - Search Candidates". Elections Ontario.
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